The next morning, Frigs woke up from his sleep, yawning and stretching his arm in a sitting position on his bed, legs still covered by the blanket. Almost immediately, flashes of images from yesterday were shown to him inside his mind.
Right after their lips met, they both turned away, blushing, pink on their cheeks. Frigs thought to himself, 'Soft… Sweet'
She thought to herself at the same time, 'How could that happen?!... But… It's not a big deal…'
Frigs got himself up from the ground, cleaning the dirt on his pants with his hand, "Bell… let's go back, those guys might be looking for us,"
Remembered what happened yesterday, Frigs blushed, he covered his face, 'If only… I can…'
Suddenly, Louis said to him, half asleep on his bed, "Frigs... Bell said that she wants a real date this time… I don't know what's going on between you two but don't disturb my sleep"
Frigs stared at his assistant for a few seconds before realizing what had just come out of his mouth. He blushed as he hurriedly got himself up from the bed, 'Oh my god! Does she like me now?'
He ran toward the shower and just in a few seconds, he came out fully clothed with the same style of clothing as yesterday. Simple, villager's clothing with leather boots, shirt tied with a belt and brown-coloured pants.
He left his room almost immediately and as he was closing the door and turning around, he saw the three girls. The one with the red, black, blond hair, spoiled brats that thought they ruled the world.
Them kneeling and bowing toward him as their long dresses reached the floor of the small room gave him a feeling of… enjoyment, "So the three of you have decided to apologize to me? Well, I won't accept it. Now I must go, I have another matter to attend"
As he was ascending the stairwell, he said, "The three of you can try again later! Do some good deeds before apologizing to me!"
The three of them gritted their teeth, furrowed brows and great evil intents. They said to themselves, "If it was not for that girl…! I will kill her next time I meet her!"
…
Soon, Frigs found himself outside the hotel as he was closing the door, right in front of him, standing, Connor could be seen. With the same style of clothing as Frigs's, he bowed to him, "Good morning sir, I assume you know what's happening,"
Frigs nodded with a smile on his face, "Lead the way"
Connor smiled, "Certainly, this way, sir,"
After a few minutes on the road, Frigs arrived in the middle of the village, near the pond where the hobbits children were playing with each other. In the middle, surrounded by the children playing, was Bell.
'That girl looks like an angel to my eyes…' She noticed him staring at her from afar and raised her hands with a big, beautiful smile on her face.
Frigs slowly took a step forward, then another, then another, looking at the magnificent-looking girl in front of him. The children noticed him pretty quickly and dispersed, playing at another side of the pond.
He sat at a big rock beside the girl, pink on his cheeks as he was still admiring her. She faced him and blushed, "… Just seeing you made my day better. Anyway, let's begin!"
First, they went to the bakery, getting a basket of freshly cooked biscuits and bread. The next place was the simple lunch, prepared by Connor, inside the same room as the first date.
Both of them were blushing and smiling when they looked at each other's face. Chuckling, laughing, sharing stories.
Then touring around the village, going to the lumber camp, blacksmith, playing with children beside the pond. It was romantic and fun, at least for the two of them as their relationship became stronger and stronger.
The last thing that was to be visited was the mine. The entrance was at one of the hills near the village. Bell sighed, "This is the last thing I don't want to visit…"
Frigs smiled, "Don't worry, I'll protect you. Is there any torch?"
The girl shook her head, "No… I sent expeditions, three times, each has five hobbits. But no one came back, the torches they placed disappeared to thin air…"
Frigs were scared hearing the tales, but it was nothing to his ear, 'If I protected her from any sort of devil or beast inside this mine, wouldn't she like me more?'
He raised his index finger to the air and began channelling mana. He felt it moving slowly toward his index finger, warm. And a bright yet small fire was created.
Bell was amazed, "How did you do that?"
He smirked, "Through practice and theory of magic. You will learn it next year. Anyway, let's go now,"
She nodded, 'Why am I even going inside the cave with him?… How did we get to this point?'
They walked casually down the mine, descending the wide tunnel that slowly but surely getting smaller and tighter. Remains of half-burnt clothes on a wooden stick could be seen hanging on the wall.
Frigs felt odd, 'I felt something weird… scary, but not so strong it would affect my mind. What is it though?'
He extended his arm and began walking cautiously, whispering to Bell, "Bell, I feel something wrong, stay behind me!"
He opened the lid of the small bottle with the content of steel dust and held it up on the other hand. All of a sudden, wind, strong, powerful and a little smelly touched the skin of the two humans.
The light on Frigs's index finger was gone in an instant. He whispered to Bell once again, "Don't panic, keep moving, it seems that we are close to whatever creature is in front of us,"
At the same time, he channelled his mana to his index finger once again, creating a bright yet small fire on it. Soon, the room was lit, Frigs and Bell saw the horror right in front of them.
A giant toad.